Mounting for brake gears



Nov. 17, 192s. 1,561,805

s. J. s'rlRl'D MOUNTING FOR BRAKE GERS Find/AE. 1925 .Z5-Venier? 5a/:N JUL lus 5 7R10 Patented Nov. 17, 1925.`

priirui3k STATI-:S PATENT OFFICE(- svEN JULIUs s'rnin, or cHrcAGo, vrILLINOISy s'siGNoR vTo FBEDMATHEWS, or

cHrcAGo,

ILLINOIS'.

MOUNTING BRAKE y GEARS.

aparaat-learned august 5J 19.25. serial No, 48,427.

device that may be readily attached to the end-sill oi" the car and is so constructed that f the mounting will be securely braced against the pull of the brake take vup rod Yor chain. vThe essential feature of the present structure comprise a gusset or bracket secured to and projecting in an outward direction away 5U from the end-sill and coacting therewith in a casting that comprises the upper member ot' the journaling structure which is a wide plate of almost square dimensions that .is connected to the flange of the sill and has an upstanding wall that is secured to the gusset, thus rigidly connecting the structure to 'the sill. i

I prefer to carry out my invention and accomplish its divers objects in substantially U the manner hereinafter fully described and as more particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being here made to the accolnpanying drawings that form a part of this specification.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a transverse section of the car end-sill showing the applicationof my improved mounting thereto, said mounting being iu side elevation. Y

Fig. 2 is a top plan of the structure shown in. Fig. 1.

Fig'E 3 is a front elevation of the mount-` ing secured to the end-sill,

The drawings which are in a sense diagrammatical, illustrate a typical or preferred embodiment of my invention. and in these drawings I have employed similar reference characters to designate like parts Wherever the same appear throughout the several views. A

The end-sill in the present structure comprises a chj'annel beam the web 5 of which is vertically "disposed and the lateraltop and bottom anges 6, 6, which project in an outward direction away from the web as Shown in "F ig. of the drawings, and the brake mast 7 is'positioned outside the wall or body Slot the car. In orderto accommodate the brake-gear in such an arrangement at they sametime and brace the mounting structure against the longitudinal pull lof the take-up chain or rod, I secure a triangular gusset 8 to the web of. the sill intern'iediate the flanges of the latter, the-'gusset being provided withV alateral flange 9' along its vertical edge that 'tits against the outer surface of the sill and is riveted or bolted thereto. j

The bottom member of the housing' con, sists of a horizontal plate 10 having upstanding fianges 11'at its transverse end edges and mediate the longitudinal edge of this plate there is downwardlyfand. inwardly projecting arm' 12 rvthat, extends inwardly back of the plane of the end-sill. Bearings are provided in the plate and the arm for rotatably mounting the gears and winding drum.

The top member of the housing is prefer-. y

ably an integral casting andconsists of a horizontally disposed plateV 13 that has a vertically disposed wall 14E arising from the upper surface of the 'same and extending in a plane longitudinally of the car or transverse to the web of the sill and it is parallel with the gusset 8 to which latter it is secured by rivets or otherwise. The wall 14 is braced by inclined ribs 15 extending upwardly from the top of the plate 18. As will be noted from Fig. 2 the plate 13 is nearly square in shape and an edge portion thereof' extends under and is riveted to the lower flange of the sill and there is an embodiment 16 that projects inwardly beyond the plane of the sill to provide one oi the upper bearings for the gear elements. Plate 13 has depending flanges 17 at its ends that preferably overlap and are bolted or riveted to the upstanding flanges 11 of the bottom plate so that the two parts of the housing may be secured rigidly in assembly and with the gear elementsA in position provides a unitary structure. Thus itrwill be seen that the housing together with the gear members may be readily attached to the end-sill and provision is made to receive the brake mast outside the vertical plane of and spaced from the body or end Wall of the car.

What I claim is 1. A brake gear mounting structure com-A prising the combination with the end-sill of a railway car, of a gusset securedto `and projecting downwardly from sa1ds1ll, a top casting consisting of a plate of rectangular shape disposed beneath and secured to the` bottom flange ofthe sill, a Verticalwall integral with the upper surface of the plate parallel with and secured to saidgusset, arloottoni casting consisting of a plate secured in spaced relation to said topplate and an arm extending from the bottoni plate inwardly' withrespecttothe-car, and gears journaled between said top and .bottom castings.

2.` A brake gear mounting,structure com-. prising the combinationy withI a carY end-sill of channel section, of a gusset secured tothe web of the sill and projectingdaterally outwardly therefrom, a plate secured to the under surface of .tliebottoin flange .of the sill and-extending ,outwardly below the plane of said flange, a1 wall arising frornsaid,I plate;

beyondithe '.sill flange., and t secured*` 'to` .sa-id gusset, and a platespaced fromf the-firstnamed plate and'connectedthereto, whereby the gear elements are/rotatably mounted betweensaid `plates belowfsaid sill and beyond the Vertical plane thereof."

3; The combination with a ear end-sill ofA channelsectionwith itsz flanges disposed outwardly with respect to the car, of a plate secured underneath the bottom flange of the sill and projecting outwardly therefrom, a Vertical wall arising from the plate immediately outside the edge ofthe bottom flange and projecting above the same, a gusset connecting said Vwall to the sill independently of the flange, and a member secured to said plate and spaced below the same, said plate and member provided with bearings whereby to rotatably mount the gear elements be* tween the plate and member `and position the brake mast in a vertical plane outside and beyondthesill'and body ofthe car.

4. In means vfor mount-ingl avbralre gearing on a car end-sill, a gusset secured to and projectingoutwardly from thesill, a plate secured ,to the lower portionjof the sill and extending` outwardly therefrom below,Y said gusset, `and aan lupstanding element onthe upper surfacevof said gusset, andian upstanding element on the upper surface of said plate that isrigidly vconnected to said gusset forwardly of the sill.

Signed at Chicago, Cool; -County, Illinois, this 7th of July, 1925.

SVEN JULIUS STRID. 

